Two years ago, I bought a preconstruction condo in Northern Cyprus. Today, that condo is worth double what I paid for it, so I’m selling. Returns like that are impossible to ignore. I’m not looking to get out of this market. I’ll take the profits from the sale and look for a next buy in […]
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5 Ways To Fund Your Overseas Property Buy How can you fund the purchase of your second home or investment property in a foreign country? First, you need to figure how much capital you have available to invest. If you don’t know this number already, take time right now to do the math. (Sorry, you’re
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Plus: “How About The Risks Involved With That 17% Return?” You don’t make money when you sell a piece of real estate, but when you buy it. Before making any property purchase anywhere, you want to feel comfortable about the basic fundamentals. First, that you’re getting a good value… Second, that you’re buying into a
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Plus: Crime In Mazatlán… And Where To Settle In Brazil I’ve been here in Mazatlán looking at houses and condos since mid-December. And as usual, I’m struggling to find the perfect property. I have two problems that continue to slow me down when looking at real estate abroad. Counterintuitively, it’s actually harder to pick a
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Plus: Is It Worth The Hassle To Buy Abroad With An IRA? Nov. 24, 2015 Medellin, Colombia 1 U.S. dollar equals: 3.77 Brazilian reals 3,040 Colombian pesos 16.73 Mexican pesos 701 Chilean pesos Dear Overseas Property Alert Reader, Over the past few months, you’ve heard a lot about the amazing bargains that the strong dollar
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Plus: A sample portfolio for buying abroad with your IRA I retired when I was 49. I did it by seizing a “second-chance opportunity” much like one that I see playing out today. In 1991, my employer offered an amazingly generous early retirement plan. In order to incentivize people to retire, they added five years
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